The article is full of shit.
250 test and 2k in private doctor visits maybe.
80k deaths...and I honestly don't even remember it. I have a note in my journal that I had a low-grade fever the middle of March 2018, which I chalked up to a recent airplane flight. Do any of you guys remember anything like this? The freaking 1918 "Spanish" Flu came back in 2009, and while I *do* recall that, it was more because it was the return of the Spanish Flu:An estimated 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter [2017-2018], according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
I just don't know. A lot of people smarter than me are concerned that we're not being locked down tighter. On the other hand...I guess we can be thankful it's not worse.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that from April 12, 2009 to April 10, 2010, there were 60.8 million cases, 274,000 hospitalizations, and 12,469 deaths (range: 8,868–18,306) in the United States due to the virus.
I think this is fair, but it also means our worst flu year on record is the best possible outcome of this with every urban center in a draconian lock-down for a month so far. If we didn't take these actions it could have been bodies-in-the-street bad in high population density areas.thibodeaux wrote: I don't think I'm completely in the "it's just the flu, bro" camp, but:
100%
Leisher wrote: Dr. Fauci says nobody should ever shake hands again.
(This was about my best friend from high school's mom)
That's the approach Britain tried, and quickly realized it wasn't working.
The vast majority of people are giving a shit, and staying home. So much has changed.
Virus takes 17 days on average to kill someone.
Just look at your own source and click "log"... there you have it. Flattening. The exponential growth is gone.GORDON wrote: The curve isn't flattening, that I'm looking at, weeks later. (Source) I'm not convinced THE COURSE OF THE DISEASE INFECTION has changed much.
Really don't want to start another argument. If you have data that shows anything is slowing down the natural progression, just post it and win.